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CUFF HOLDER.

No. 370,039. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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tion with the cuff and shirt.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. BLOOMEB, OF PAVVTUXET, RHODE ISLAND.

CUFF-'HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,039, dated September 20, 1887.

Application filed July 25, 1887. Serial No. 245,162. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. BLooMER, of Pawtuxet, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful OuffIIolder; and I do hereby declare that the following specification, taken in connection with the drawings making a part of the same, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Figure 1 is a view of the device in combina- Fig. 2 is a top view of the same detached. Fig. 3 is a side view of same. Fig. 4 is a top View showing retaining-hooks open. Fig. 5 shows the under side of the button and a section of the springrods in line :0 m. Fig. 6 shows a section of the button on line 0 0. Figs. 7 and 8 are front and side views, respectively, of a modification of my invention.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and durable device with which the curl may be easily, quickly, and securely attached to the shirt and adjusted to a position suited to the taste, comfort, and convenience of the wearer; and it consists in the construction, arrangement,and operation of the button, springrods, and retaining-hooks, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, A, Figs. 2, 3,and 4, is a button,to which areattachedtwodivergingspringrods, B B, terminating at their outer ends in overlying hooks O O, the ends of which point inwardly and are in the same horizontal plane. The rods B B and the hooks O O are made from a single piece of wire. Theloop or button end of the rods B B is bent up to a perpendicular and forms a shank for the button, and permits the top to be tipped for easier insertion in the button-hole, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 3. The loop end passes under a spring, D, upon the under side of the button A and is flattened or straightened transversely,and the connecting portion between the two rods squared to operate upon such spring in a manner common to sleeve-buttons having a tipping front. Anylateral movement of the rods B B is avoided by means of a guide-ring, E.

In adj usting my device the buttonAis tipped, as indicated, and passed through the buttonhole inthe cuff and then brought back to its former position in the usual way. The cuff is then placed upon the wrist and carried upward to the desired point, when the rods B B are pressed together with the thumb and finger, which throws open the hooks O O, as shown in Fig. 4.. The open hooks O O are then pressed down upon the shirt-sleeve until a fold of cloth is forced upward between them,when the pressure is released and the rods spring back to their former position, bringingthe hooks together and forcing them into the fabric. \Vhen it is desired to remove the cuff, the rods B B are simplypressed together again, which throws open the hooks and releases the cuff from the shirt.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the loop or button end of the rods B B, after being bent up to a perpendicular, is again bent horizontally at the extreme end, thus forming a shoulder,which prevents the tip of the button except in one direction.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described cuff-holder, consisting of a button, A, in combination with springrods B B, terminating at their outer ends in hooks O O, the whole constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described.

CHARLES G. BLOOMER.

\Vitnesses:

WALTER B. VINoEN'r, O. PERRY WHITE. 

